LAST Friday's game with Princeton was almost as surprising in its results as was a certain other game which it is unnecessary to mention.

We took our seat on the well-filled benches expecting and hoping for a close and interesting game; for, although desirous of our Nine's success, we would gladly have seen Princeton make it close and exciting work for them, as they did last year. But in this we were grievously disappointed. From the very first inning our men began their heavy batting, getting two two-basers at the start, - Princeton in the mean while piling up errors in rapid succession, - until our score reached old-time figures, while Princeton's, through her inability to hit Ernst, remained severely modern in its proportions. The game was rendered still more tedious and uninteresting by the tire-somely slow movements of Princeton's pitcher, who, without making it at all effective, busied himself with a purposeless churning of the ball until one grew nervously weary in waiting for his labored delivery.

Our Nine played a strong batting game, as the score will show, but their fielding was not free from bad errors. Princeton's poor play in the field can, in a measure, be accounted for by more than a week's lack of practice, caused by the many rainy days of the previous week. We much regretted the injury to her catcher which compelled his retirement from the game, - another example of the fact that misfortunes never come singly. We can only wish them better luck next time. A more extended commentary than the appended score will be unnecessary.

PRINCETON.

R. IB. PO. A. E.

Laughlin, S. 0 0 0 7 3

Furnam, R. 0 1 6 0 2

J. Denny, C. 0 1 2 3 1

Kaufman, M. 0 0 2 0 0

F. Denny, H. 0 0 3 1 7

Duffield, L. 0 2 1 2 0

Warren, B. 1 0 1 4 0

Smith, P. 0 0 1 1 6

Funkhauser, A. 0 0 11 0 6

-- -- -- -- --

Total, 1 4 27 18 25

HARVARD.

R. IB. PO. A. E.

Thayer, C. 4 2 1 0 2

Tyng, H. 2 1 10 0 2

Tower, M. 0 1 0 0 1

Ernst, P. 2 1 0 5 1

Leeds, S. 3 2 1 1 0

Wright, A. 1 0 9 0 0

Latham, L. 1 1 3 0 0

Dow, R. 2 1 1 0 0

Sawyer, B. 1 1 2 3 1

-- -- -- -- --

Total, 16 10 27 9 7

Innings. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Princeton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1

Harvard 3 2 2 0 1 2 6 0 0 - 16

Umpire, Mr. Bird, '77.

The rubber game between our Nine and the Lowells, played last Saturday, was extremely unsatisfactory, and gave the Lowells an opportunity of showing a mean and cowardly spirit that was contemptible.

Our Nine, by good batting and fielding, had everything their own way up to the fourth inning, when, by a series of terrible errors, executed by Leeds and others, the Lowells were enabled to score six runs and tie the game. But in the next inning we again got a good lead, and all went well up to the eighth inning, when a bad muff of Wright's off a pretty throw by Dow from right field, gave the Lowells three runs and the lead. But our chances were still good until the Lowells, when about to take the field, were ordered to stop playing by their manager, who claimed there was an agreement to stop the game at five o'clock. An animated discussion revealed the fact that, for the accommodation of the Lowells, such an agreement had been made by the captains. But it also transpired that the last two runs of the Lowells were made after five, and therefore, according to the strict letter of the agreement, - which the Lowells, before this point was discovered, were vehemently insisting on, since they were one ahead, while from their own statement they would not have stopped had they been behind, - the game should have been thrown back on to the seventh inning or forfeited to us, as our men were willing and anxious to go on. The umpire, however, not seeming to understand all the features of the case, gave the game to the Lowells, who departed glorying in their shame.

Below is the score: -

HARVARD.

R. B. L. PO. A. E.

Thayer, C. 0 0 1 1 4 1

Tyng, H. 1 1 1 7 1 2

Tower, M. 0 1 1 0 0 0

Ernst, P. 1 2 2 2 6 2

Leeds, S. 1 1 0 0 2 2

Wright, A. 0 0 0 9 0 2

Latham, L. 2 3 1 2 0 0

Dow, R. 2 1 0 1 1 0

Sawyer, B. 2 1 0 2 2 0

-- -- -- -- -- --

Total, 9 10 6 24 16 9

LOWELL.

R. B. L. PO. A. E.

Crane, B. 2 2 0 2 1 2

F. Whitney, L. 0 2 3 1 0 0

Foley, P. 0 1 1 1 4 2

Piggott, R. 2 1 0 0 1 0

A Whitney, C. 1 1 0 1 1 0

Hawes, M. 2 2 1 2 0 0

Stoughton, H. 1 2 1 5 0 5

S. Wright, S. 0 0 0 0 4 1

Knight, A. 2 0 0 12 0 0

-- -- -- -- -- --

Total, 10 11 6 24 11 10

Innings 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Lowell 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 - 10

Harvard 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 - 9

Umpire, Mr. Amory Hodges.

The game on Monday between our boys and Our Boys was a striking reminder of our boyhood days, when, as boys, we used to pile up such boyish scores as the following : -

Innings 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Harvard 3 1 4 2 3 3 5 0 0 - 21

Our Boys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2

Tuesday's game with the Live Oaks was one of those occasional occurrences which result from a combination of superior playing on the part of your opponents, and the hard luck arising from inopportune base-hits, and errors made when they would be productive of most disastrous results. Leeds's beautiful, one-hand, jumping catch was the marked feature of the game. The score tells the rest : -

HARVARD.

R. B. L. PO. A. E.

Thayer, C. 0 1 2 1 4 1

Tyng, H. 0 1 2 9 0 3

Tower, M. 0 0 0 0 0 1

Ernst, P. 0 1 1 1 6 4

Leeds, S. 0 0 0 1 1 0

Wright, A. 0 0 1 12 0 0

Latham, L. 0 2 3 2 0 1

Dow, R. 0 1 1 0 0 0

Sawyer, B. 0 1 0 1 4 1

-- -- -- -- -- --

Total, 0 7 10 27 15 11

LIVE OAKS.

R. B. L. PO. A. E.

Hawkes, B. 1 1 1 3 0 1

Cummins, C. 0 1 1 0 1 1

Allen, S. 0 1 0 2 0 0

Adams, L. 1 2 2 2 0 0

Mason, M. 2 2 0 3 0 1

Cummings, P 0 1 1 2 5 0

Reilly, H. 1 1 0 9 0 1

Carpenter, R. 1 2 1 2 0 0

Duffy, A. 0 0 0 4 0 1

-- -- -- -- -- --

Total, 6 11 6 27 6 5

Innings 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Live Oaks 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6

Harvard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

Umpire, J. G. Sumner.

The large number who assembled on Wednesday to see the game between Amherst and our Nine found the game much too one-sided to make it especially interesting or intensely exciting. Still the fine fielding of our Nine and their especially heavy batting made the game at times very lively. Tyng and Leeds excelled both at the bat and in the field. The following score reveals the details: -

AMHERST.

R. IB. PO. A. E.

Couch, C. 0 1 2 7 7

Andrews, P. 0 1 1 4 4

Plimpton, A. 0 0 12 1 1

Pratt, H. 0 1 6 5 5

Record, B. 0 0 1 0 0

Lewis, R. 0 0 0 1 1

Newman, S. 1 1 0 0 0

Blair, L. 1 0 2 1 1

Sibley, M. 1 1 3 3 3

-- -- -- -- --

3 5 27 17 22

HARVARD.

R. IB. PO. A. E.

Thayer, C. 2 0 3 3 0

Tyng, H. 2 3 6 2 1

Tower, M. 3 2 1 0 0

Ernst, P. 2 1 0 2 2

Leeds, S. 1 3 0 3 0

Wright, A. 1 1 12 0 1

Thorp, L. 1 1 1 0 0

Dow, R. 1 0 2 0 0

Sawyer, B. 1 0 2 4 1

-- -- -- -- --

14 11 27 14 5

Innings. 1st 2d 3d 4th 75th 6th 7th 8th 76th

Amherst 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3

Harvard 2 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 2 - 14

Umpire, Mr. Bird, '77.